Name: UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Suspect Appears in Court for First Time Since Arraignment
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Description: The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day manhunt appeared in court Friday for the first time since his December arraignment on state murder and terror charges.

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The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day manhunt appeared in court Friday for the first time since his December arraignment on state murder and terror charges.

Mangione, 26, accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. He didn't speak at the hearing.  Judge Gregory Carro ordered him to remain handcuffed, calling it a security measure. Mangione’s lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, argued that the sight of Mangione in shackles in the closely watched case was robbing him of his presumption of innocence.

Carro set another hearing for June 26 but didn't schedule a trial date.

Mangione’s state case is slated to go to trial before a parallel prosecution on federal charges that carry the possibility of the death penalty. The maximum sentence for the state charges is life in prison without parole.

Friedman Agnifilo told Carro that the dual prosecutions were complicating defense preparations. Federal prosecutors are still weighing whether to seek the death penalty, she said.

Mangione also faces charges in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where he was arrested Dec. 9.

“We’re talking about there are three separate prosecutions that are happening about one event," Friedman Agnifilo said, renewing her complaint that Mangione is treated differently because of the notoriety of the crime.

Among her grievances: New York City Mayor Eric Adams and a top police official making time to talk to an HBO film crew about a key piece of evidence—a notebook in which Mangione purportedly expressed hostility toward the health insurance industry—that she said has yet to be turned over to the defense.

“One of the issues here is that the two theories of prosecution are opposite and inconsistent with one another," Friedman Agnifilo told Carro, urging him to hold off on setting deadlines for pretrial court filings. “By defending ourselves in state court we are potentially providing fodder for the federal case.”

Manhattan prosecutors said they have turned over more than 800 gigabytes of evidence, including surveillance video, police body camera footage and data from DNA testing.

Carro ordered Mangione’s lawyers to file pretrial requests, known as motions, by April 9 and told prosecutors to file their responses by May 14. Friedman Agnifilo said she would seek to suppress some evidence seized during Mangione’s arrest.

“I don’t know about any other case in federal court or anywhere else. I’m dealing with this case," Carro said, telling Friedman Agnifilo: “The sooner we order the hearings, the sooner you’ll have your suppression hearing.”

Mangione has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of murder, including murder as an act of terrorism.

Although the state case is slated to be tried first, Mangione is being held in a Brooklyn federal jail alongside high-profile defendants including Sean “Diddy” Combs and Sam Bankman-Fried.

Carro questioned that arrangement, which Friedman Agnifilo said has hampered defense preparations.

“Is there even an indictment in the federal case?” Carro asked.

“So they’re holding him on a complaint," the judge asked.

“With the defense’s consent," prosecutor Zachary Kaplan said.

“When they’re hanging the death penalty over your head, you have no choice but to consent," Friedman Agnifilo responded.

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